Logged In: YES
user_id=404439

are you sure?
you should be aware that settings *will not be reset to defaults* before
loading config again, so if you comment entries in the config, they'll be what
they were before the HUP.
sending SIGHUP works perfectly fine here :-)

re: not setting default values; i'm submitting a patch right now to fix that,
talked to Hipo, it'll most likely be included in next mainstream release =)